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Museum Bulletin 



THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuyvesant 

 Place, Saint George, on Saturday evening, May 19, 1917, at 8:15 

 o'clock. 



The President will deliver his annual address, and the 

 reports of the Board of Trustees and other officers will be 

 presented; four trustees are to be elected for a term of three 

 years to succeed George Cromwell, Anton W. Hoffmeyer, William 

 Hinman Mitchill and Francis Winthrop White, whose terms ex- 

 pire on this date. 



Mr. Howard H. Cleaves will also give an illustrated talk on 

 u The Gulls of New York Harbor." 



The usual refreshments will be served by the Women's 

 Auxiliary Committee, after the adjournment of the meeting. 



J. Q. Adams, 

 Secretary. 



THE NEW MUSEUM BUILDING 



The Building Committee of the Association, consisting of 

 Dr. John Quincy Adams, Chairman, and Messrs. C. A. Ingalls, 

 William T. Davis, James R. Walsh, with Senator Bayne ex officio, 

 report that they have secured, up to the present time, $10,575. 

 for the New Museum Fire Proof Building in addition to the 

 subscription of Mr. William G. Willcox of $10,000. The subscrip- 

 tion of Mr. Willcox was conditional upon other subscriptions 

 being received for at least $10,000 by May 1st, 1917. By this date 

 the Committee has secured the required additional subscriptions 

 amounting to $10,390. Mr. Willcox upon being informed that his 

 condition had been complied with, promptly remitted to the As- 

 sociation his check for $10,000 Other subscriptions paid in have 

 raised the amount now actually in the treasurer's hands to the 

 sum of $15,000. The Board of Trustees have directed the archi- 

 tect, Mr. Robert W. Gardner, to ask for bids for excavation so 

 that the work of construction may begin as soon as practicable. 



It is believed by the Committee that, owing to the increased 

 price of labor and materials, the cost of the entire building will ex- 

 ceed by several thousand dollars the original estimate of $20,000. 

 But the Committee are confident that the necessary funds will be 

 forthcoming in due time. 



The Museum Register for boys and girls is proving a dis- 

 tinct success. During April, the first month of its operation, the 

 signatures of 225 children appeared on the book. Ten of these 

 boys and girls visited the Museum from fifteen to twenty times 

 during the month, and in consequence became the winners, 

 were photographed and their pictures posted on a special bulletin 



